Reformed Multilateralism: Pivoting Towards Equitable Development | Cape Town Conversation

Plenary Session | Reformed Multilateralism: Pivoting Towards Equitable Development | The collective call for reformed multilateralism reverberates across the globe, especially amid strained geopolitical relations between countries, escalating debt levels, constricted government budgets, and the urgent need for development finance to address global challenges. The imperative to reform the United Nations and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) stands at the centre of this discourse, underpinning the narrative of inclusive socioeconomic development and the politics of including the Global South in the global governance agenda. This plenary session seeks to dissect the emerging contours of a new multilateral framework at the UN and across MDBs, focusing on the imperative to prioritise just politics, inclusive and sustainable growth.
Speakers:
Tito Mboweni, Former Finance Minister, South Africa
Izabella Teixeira, Trustee Emeritus, Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
Sujan Chinoy, Director-General, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA); and Chair, Think20 India Core Group
Andreas Schaal, OECD Sherpa for G20, G7 and APEC
Moderator:
Moira Feil, Head of Division Multilateral Development Policy, G7/G20, OECD/DAC, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development